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Dutch school, prevalent in England in the time of William 
TV. (Fig. 12), the results evince a fertility of odd conceits, 
rather than the exercise of taste or imagination. Indeed 
as, to level ground naturally uneven, or to make an avenue, 
by planting rows of trees on each side of a broad walk, 
requires only the simplest perception of the beauty of ma- 
thematical forms, so, to lay out a garden in the geometric 
style, became little more than a formal routine, and it was 
only after the superior interest of a more natural manner 
was enforced by men of genius, that natural beauty of 
expression was recognised, and Landscape Gardening was 
raised to the rank of a fine art. 
The ancient style of gardening may, however, be intro- 
duced with good effect in certain cases. In public squares 
and gardens, where display, grandeur of effect, and a highly 
artificial character are desirable, it appears to us the most 
suitable ; and no less so in very small gardens, in which 
variety and irregularity are out of the question. Where a 
taste for imitating an old and quaint style of residence 
exists, the symmetrical and knotted garden would be a 
proper accompaniment ; and pleached alleys, and sheared 
trees, would be admired, like old armor or furniture, as 
curious specimens of antique taste and custom.* 
* There has been a great revival of this kind of garden in England the past 
ten years— more, perhaps, inclining to the Italian school than the Dutch. 
Chatsworth, Woburn Abbey, Castle Howard, Bowood, Eaton Hall, and, in fact, 
most of the great places, have more or less adopted the Italian or Architec- 
tural school on one or more sides of the house, as a sort of connection between 
art and nature. Trentham (the Duke of Sutherland’s) is, we believe, especially 
rich in architectural gardens. Both here and at the other places above-men- 
tioned, the grade between the house and the park is let down, as it were, by a 
series of terraces, each divided from the other by heavy stone balustrades, sur- 
mounted, at regular intervals, with vases, planted either with Geraniums, or 
with Yucca, Aloe, Bonapartias, and other formal plants. Flights of broad, 
heavy stone or marble steps conduct from one terrace to the other, and finally 
